[dropcap]B[/dropcap]asic mind set of any type of investor is to manage the risk and maximize the returns. The common phenomenon…
Year: 2017
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is an undeniable fact that Pakistan suffers from two contentious problems: 1) low savings and 2) limited opportunities for…
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ver the past one decade, the businessmen associated with the real estate market made quick millions. The country has witnessed…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s rice exports witnessed a decline of around 14 percent during the last fiscal year due to lack of research…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or those who may not be very familiar with Pakistan’s capital market, the small number of listed companies and shareholders’…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]oreign investors kept lured to investment in Pakistan and never losing faith and still have an appetite of making money…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is a great scope for setting up small and medium enterprises in mineral sector of Balochistan, a famously rich…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]mong the essential commodities, rice is one of the most important grains and massively protected by governments worldwide. The global…
[box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]ABOUT PMEX Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited (PMEX) is Pakistan’s first and only multi-commodity futures exchange, which…
Interview with Syed Farhan Karim — Vice President, Capital Market Arif Habib Limited [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]PROFILE: Syed Farhan…
Keeping politics, economics beyond individuals and institution can help boost venture in the country Interview with Syed Ali Raza Bukhari,…
PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR EXCHANGE RATES Currency activity Friday 22-Sep Thursday 28-Sep Friday 6-Oct Friday 13-Oct Friday 20-Oct Friday 28-Oct DOLLAR…
COUNTRY WISE FDI INFLOWS IN PAKISTAN ($ Million) Country 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 (Jul-Sep) USA…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n any state, tax revenues are the most effective way to grow country’s domestic resource mobilization efforts by which the…
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]conomic leaders of Pakistan calculating that the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio has been growing since FY 2008 and even mentioned that…
NASDAQ, S&P 500 AT FRESH RECORDS AFTER STRONG TECH EARNINGS The Nasdaq and S&P 500 powered to fresh records Friday…
MARKET REVIEW The local bourse snapped gains of last week to close lower on profit-taking, dragging benchmark index to 41,105,…
KSE-100 INDEX FALLS ON UNEXCITING RESULTS WITH POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY SUMMARY The result week closely watched by the investors produced cold…
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONCERNS KEEP INVESTORS AWAY; UPCOMING EARNINGS REPORT MAY SUPPORT Though, political noise subsided but investors’ sentiments over…
PAKISTAN GALAXY S9 AND S9+ MAY HAVE A SMALL FINGERPRINT READER AT THE FRONT: The Galaxy S8 and S8+ and…
DUBAI PROPERTY DEALS CROSS DH204 BILLION IN NINE MONTHS Overall property transactions in Dubai totalled Dh204 billion in the first…
GROWING TEA PRODUCTION IN BANGLADESH The move by the government to increase tea production as well as improve the conditions…
ASIA OIL 180-CST CASH PREMIUMS PARE GAINS Cash premiums of Asia’s 180-cst high-sulphur fuel oil gave up gains made in…
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT WIDENS 102PC IN Q1 Pakistan’s current account deficit widened 102% in the first quarter (Jul-Sep) of current…
ANIL AMBANI GETS A SEAT ON ATLANTIC COUNCIL ADVISORY BOARD NEW DELHI: Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani has been inducted…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]HE INFANT NEW VENTURE BUSINESS ARE NOT PAID TO REFORM CUSTOMERS. Above all, the people who are running a new…
RAKEZ ENGAGES OVER 120,000ATTENDEES AT THE PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone continues to go global with…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is one of the best known lagging indicators. The consumer price index expresses the current prices of a basket…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he balance of trade compares the value of a country’s exports of goods and services against its imports. When exports…
[dropcap]K[/dropcap]ibor rate is the average interest rate at which term deposits are offered between prime banks in the Pakistani wholesale…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow analysis of economic performance and predictions of…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]emographic is the study of a population based on factors such as age, race and sex, among others. Governments, corporations…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]nflation is a sustained increase in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy. When the…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n interest rate is the cost of borrowing money, or conversely, the income earned from lending money. Interest rates are…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Sep 28, 2017[/box] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen you think of tech companies you probably imagine a…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Oct 23, 2017[/box] [dropcap]A[/dropcap]ccording to figures from Transparency International, when it comes to lobbying, the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Felix Richter, May 18, 2017[/box] [dropcap]Y[/dropcap]esterday’s opening keynote at Google I/O offered us a rare…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Sep 21, 2015[/box] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen it comes to broadband speeds in European capitals, Dublin comes…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alex Gray Formative Content[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 2015, over a billion people migrated: 244 million went abroad and…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ronald Labonte Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Ottawa[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]his week, representatives from most of…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Adam Jezard Senior Writer at Formative Content.[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he walls are coming down in Finland’s schools –…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Michael Buehler Head of Infrastructure & Urban Development, World Economic Forum Thorsten Jelinek Director, Taihe Institute…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]By BRYAN VARTABEDIAN[/box] [dropcap]D[dropcap]octors are an insecure bunch these days. We work under the threat of…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Feng Li, City, University of London[/box] [dropcap]R[/dropcap]ide-sharing company Uber has led a charge by companies who…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nicolai Due-Gundersen, Kingston University[/box] [dropcap]A[/dropcap] blockade against Qatar by its Gulf neighbours is now in its…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alex Simpson, University of Brighton[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he UK has a consumer debt crisis and it is young…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jeff Bray, Bournemouth University and Heather Hartwell, Bournemouth University[/box] [dropcap]E[/dropcap]ating out is bad for us. Studies…